Today in Black History: True Reformers Hall, the first building designed, financed and built by Blacks after Reconstruction is dedicated in 1903 in DC.
The New York Times
National
Congress Recesses, Leaving More Stalemates Than Accomplishments
Donald Trump Postpones Naming Running Mate
For Trump, Business Leaders Are More Elites to Resist
Poll Finds Voters in Both Parties Unhappy With Their Candidates
Republican Convention Panel All but Ends Anti-Trump Rebellion
Clevelanders Open Homes and Churches to Convention Demonstrators
You Mean It’s Next Week? Why Some G.O.P. Senators Will Skip the Convention
Obama Warns of Growing Mistrust Between Minorities and Police
Minnesota Police Officer’s ‘Bulletproof Warrior’ Training Is Questioned
Amid Protests Over Police Shootings of Black Men, Latinos Note a Disparity
A Call for Unity at Services for Philando Castile
Local
David Samson, Ally of Christie, Admits to Bribery Over Airline Route
Finances of City College’s President Are Under Federal Investigation
Letter Sent by Lawyer (related to story above)
The Christian Science Monitor
In police shootings, should trials re-examine a victim's past?
What is the protocol for an interaction between police and legal gun-carriers?
Clinton test drives Kaine as VP: What it says about her judgment (+video)
Microsoft ruling limits government access to data stored overseas
Why Florida pulled a mosque as a polling site
The Star-Ledger
WATCH: The trip to David Samson's house that made him bribe United Airlines
Read the revealing emails about the 'chairman's flight' released by the feds
$10M N.J. taxpayer tab for Christie's Bridgegate legal bills keeps growing
N.J. power broker Jamie Fox charged for alleged role in 'chairman's flight'
Sweeney: N.J. road funding crisis complicates public worker pension amendment
Philly.com
Sources: Stack sought flashing-light perk for state-issued car
Jefferson Health fires employee over racist Facebook post
DNC host committee goes to court to keep its fund-raising under wraps
Inquirer editorial: What made this Pa. budget better
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland man accused of taunting neighborhood with racial slurs, pet raccoon
National Convention of the Oppressed, 'counter-convention' to RNC, kicks off (video)
Cleveland police investigating citizen complaint over union head's comments on Browns' Isaiah Crowell
Top Homeland Security official: 'I am concerned about the possibility of violence' in Cleveland during RNC
Family of Ralkina Jones, who died in Cleveland Heights jail, files wrongful-death lawsuit
The Chicago Tribune
Chicago's bid for 2016 Olympics leaves pricey legacy 7 years later
5 wounded in Chicago shootings
Texts using version of N-word at issue in fatal police shooting of Quintonio LeGrier
Broken police oversight system rarely punishes cops
Emanuel to offer maximum property tax rebate of $200
Emanuel to announce plan to add new gates at O'Hare
The Detroit Free Press
Report: Only 36% graduate from state universities within 4 years
Wayne County pension system funding sees improvement
Foundation serves up more help for Flint kids impacted by water crisis
The Washington Post
Trump delays V.P. announcement, even as Pence emerges as probable choice
Paul Manafort on how Donald Trump beat back the ‘Never Trump’ movement
Attempts to unbind GOP delegates crushed, effectively ending ‘Never Trump’ movement
SEIU teams up with billionaire Tom Steyer on voter mobilization effort in key battleground states
Republican platform turns 2013 RNC autopsy on its head
Inside Obama’s radical experiment in national reconciliation
Fired by L.A. schools, star teacher takes his Shakespeare lessons elsewhere
Hogan taps high school senior to serve on Maryland board of education
A simple change that could help solve one of the biggest problems facing poor people
This Harvard grad has a simple strategy for healing our divided country
Md. parole agents say there are not enough of them to do their jobs adequately
The Los Angeles Times
As Clinton stumbles, Trump takes an apparent slim lead in new tracking poll
Fresno police break ranks with other departments by releasing shooting video from body cameras
Ex-Compton school board member sentenced to 6 years in prison in sexual assault case
L.A. Police Commission president calls for revisiting LAPD policy on body-camera videos
Ex-Compton school board member sentenced to 6 years in prison in sexual assault case
'Get to green:' California wants to grade school performance with colors instead of a single number
USA Today
Bernie Sanders will launch organizations to spread progressive message
Girl, 14, with incurable disease makes heartbreaking decision to die
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